Lexic.us

Definition of Aught

1. Noun. A quantity of no importance. "I didn't hear zilch about it"

Definition of Aught

1. n. Property; possession.

2. n. Anything; any part.

3. adv. At all; in any degree.

Definition of Aught

1. Pronoun. anything whatever, any part. ¹

2. Noun. whit, the smallest part, iota. ¹

3. Noun. (archaic) zero ¹

4. Noun. The digit zero as the decade in years. For example, aught-nine for 1909 or 2009. ¹

5. Adverb. (archaic) At all, in any degree, in any respect. ¹

6. Noun. Property; possession ¹

7. Noun. Duty; place; office ¹

8. Verb. to own, possess ¹

9. Verb. to owe, be obliged or obligated to ¹

10. Adjective. possessed of ¹

11. Cardinal numeral. (form of Obsolete or dialectal form eight). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aught

1. a zero [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aught

Literary usage of Aught

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Could aught of song declare my pains, Than aught in the world beside, Jessy. S. Here's a health t We're sayin or takin aught amiss : Kind Sir, ..."

2. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
"... aught could reanimate his own! His brother's very name is an ague to him. Unhappy are the counsellors of a Prince who wants ..."

3. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1911)
"And if any one attempts to learn by the senses aught that is perceivable, no matter whether with open mouth he gapes upwards or with closed mouth he blinks ..."

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